my name is Ri, aka Plant-Based Princess.
On this episode of EATKINDLY With Me,
I'm gonna be taking you guys to the grocery store with me,
so you can kind of see what it's like being vegan
in small town America.
so on my platform, Plant-Based Princess
I posted about conscious living and a huge part of that
for me is what I consume, obviously on a mental level
but also what I'm putting in my body as far
as food goes and being playing based is a huge part
of my conscious lifestyle journey.
When I was looking to start my wellness journey
my conscious lifestyle journey
I did not see anyone who looked like me,
and for me, that was very discouraging,
It kind of made me not wanna continue
on my journey just because I didn't see that representation.
So I figured if I felt that way
maybe other women who looked like me felt that way as well,
and it motivated me to start my channel,
and I'm so glad that I did because I've had so many people
reach out to me and tell me, they're so happy
that they see some representation in this community.
So I'm located in Arkansas, yes, I can start.
How did I get here?
I don't know, but I'm here.
Being vegan in Arkansas, it's very interesting.
Most people here are eating meat, killing their own meat
and aren't even really like
kind of live a conscious lifestyle.
Now when it comes to grocery shopping and it's super easy
for the most part, I eat mostly whole foods.
You know, who's the one ingredient, I feel
like I have to explain it all the time
to people who aren't really like into health
but like, yeah, you guys, you guys get it.
Rice beans, stuff like that,
that's super easy to find here, that's no problem,
but when it comes to me, eating out don't have
any pretty much any options that are completely vegan
like in LA you have these cafes like LA and New York,
It's vegan heaven.
It's completely the opposite here
but that's what today's video is about,
just showing you guys how to, you know
be vegan in small town America.
One thing I will say, I love to make a grocery list
before I go shopping to know when I'm getting
because grocery shopping is like, it's fun for me,
just because I'm someone who for most of my life
I haven't been able to eat what I want to eat,
I've had to be so restrictive in the past
because of my stomach issues
but now being plant-based
I can pretty much eat whatever I want in moderation,
and it's just like
the grocery store is like a playground for me,
so I have to make a grocery list so I can stay
on track because, or else I'll just be picking up everything
and putting them in the cart, like a little kid.
All right, okay,
let's go to the grocery store.
Lets go ahead and get into what we got from grocery stores.
Okay as you've seen I went to two groceries,
I first went to Kroger,
Kroger is that place that pretty much has all the basics,
and then I went to Natural Grocers.
And Naturals, they have like, I guess, luxury vegan items.
Let's start with Kroger Grocery haul.
Frozen, What is this?
Frozen peaches and frozen mangoes for the smoothie,
got a whole bunch of bananas
because I'm going to freeze them,
they're not ripe yet, you want freeze...
If you're gonna freeze your bananas, if you..
in my opinion, if you're even gonna eat bananas
you have to make sure they have like Brown spots on them,
That's the best time to freeze them and eat them
but I'm gonna freeze these,
and I use them in my smoothies.
So also from Kroger
I got this tomato basil pasta sauce, as well as this,
I never can say that word correctly
Bolognese,
It looks like Bolgonese
I mean, where I'm from we just say spaghetti
somebody letting me know how to say that in the comments,
section below, please, your girl needs help
But yeah, so the simple truth brand
from Kroger is exactly what it sounds like,
their ingredients are pretty simple, wholesome
and that's why I love them.
So yeah, like I said, pasta sauce, spaghetti sauce.
In addition, I also got lentils,
I put this in my pasta as well to make it more filling
you know, sticking with the pasta,
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Sticking with the pasta thing, We also have Penne Pasta,
with my pasta, I'm also having...
this kind of loud,
I'm also having French dinner rolls.
All right, let's get into, let's get into the produce, okay.
It's because I'm going to cook onions, with everything,
Like it's pretty much the base to almost all
of my meals and garlic, which I already have garlic
but so I didn't have to get it today, but onion, cucumbers,
I really love cucumbers,
Like I really slept on cucumbers for a really long time,
and avocado. Tomatoes are mainly
for like my pico also for like my Pinto beans,
When I'm making my Pinto beans, I put like tomatoes in them
onions and cilantro and pepper, like all the good stuff,
So, yeah, spinach because
I actually don't really ever just eat Spinach,
I prefer lettuce like, if I'm eating a salad or a burrito
I just personally prefer lettuce
but I love putting spinach in my smoothies.
If you guys haven't seen my green smoothies yet, guys
I don't play.
I do not play when it comes to my green smoothies, okay.
So I mentioned this in the store.
I did forget my produce bags, Like I said,
we're striving for progression, not perfection.
All right.
We got some broccoli as well as romaine ladies.
The last thing that I got from Kroger is rice.
so I eat rice a whole lot.
I don't know, It just it's really good, I love rice.
We're almost done here.
Well, almost done people last one, the natural grocers.
Why do I talk with my hands?
Why is she moving her hands?
I don't know, one thing I do like about Natural Grocers
is that they have a bulk section
and you can pretty much like
get anything you want in bulk, like oatmeal,
I already have oatmeal here
so I didn't have to get that today.
They literally have hemp seeds, nuts
all kinds of all the seeds, all the beans, all the grains,
I love them for that, I really do.
I got Pinto beans because like I said
I cook my Pinto beans every week, because I love them,
and I just feel like they're so versatile,
you can get them in a taco, burrito, a bow.
You know, it's probably more options than that
but those are the only options
that I can give you right now.
From Natural Grocers, we also got gold potatoes.
And one thing I do love
about natural grocers is this bag is compostable.
So shout out to national groceries for that.
This bag is full of a few things, and I'm just
gonna pull it out and show you.
Green onions for my Pinto beans, pretty much everything
in this bag is going to be for the Pinto beans
So, I got a red pepper and orange pepper and cilantro.
The last two things that I got from Naturals is vegan butter
and sour cream, the sour cream
for my burrito bowl, or for a baked potato,
That sounds really good.
I'm just really hungry right now, also.
All right, that is the end of today's grocery haul,
I love taking you guys along with me,
What would you guys make like with the groceries I bought?
Just because like plant based lives can be so diverse,
like literally you can have these exact ingredients
and make something completely different to me.
So I'm just curious to know what you will make
with what I just got.
It's been a pleasure.
This is Ri for LIVEKINDLY signing out
and I will see you guys next time.